jcnetdev-paperclip

=Paperclip

Paperclip is intended as an easy file attachment library for ActiveRecord. The intent behind it was to keep setup as easy as possible and to treat files as much like other attributes as possible. This means they aren't saved to their final locations on disk, nor are they deleted if set to nil, until ActiveRecord::Base#save is called. It manages validations based on size and presence, if required. It can transform its assigned image into thumbnails if needed, and the prerequisites are as simple as installing ImageMagick (which, for most modern Unix-based systems, is as easy as installing the right packages). Attached files are saved to the filesystem and referenced in the browser by an easily understandable specification, which has sensible and useful defaults.

See the documentation for the +has_attached_file+ method for options.

==Usage

In your model:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_attached_file :avatar, :styles => { :medium => "300x300>", :thumb => "100x100>" } end

In your migrations:

class AddAvatarColumnsToUser < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up add_column :users, :avatar_file_name, :string add_column :users, :avatar_content_type, :string add_column :users, :avatar_file_size, :integer end

def self.down
  remove_column :users, :avatar_file_name
  remove_column :users, :avatar_content_type
  remove_column :users, :avatar_file_size
end

end

In your edit and new views:

<% form_for :user, @user, :url => user_path, :html => { :multipart => true } do |form| %> <%= form.file_field :avatar %> <% end %>

In your controller:

def create @user = User.create( params[:user] ) end

In your show view:

<%= image_tag @user.avatar.url %> <%= image_tag @user.avatar.url(:medium) %> <%= image_tag @user.avatar.url(:thumb) %>